Thursday, 30 August 2012

1 Division Cuirassée de Réserve

Another of my 20mm WW2 French divisions now. Four of these DCRs were fielded in 1940. A rather tank-heavy formation, the DCR was a bit light on support elements and had no recce capability. Above is the Div HQ and staff. The Char B1 is the good old Matchbox kit, while the Citroen car is a diecast from the same company. Figures are metal castings by FAA.

Two of the four tank battalions are tooled up with Char B1s, while both the 'light' battalions have Renault R-35s.

Only one infantry battalion is present - in another RAFM Chenilette Lorraine. The artillery regiment is represented by a Hinchliffe 155mm towed by a halftrack (Somua?) originally built by JR using Airfix M3 and Sdkfz7 parts.

The logistic train features another of my fake Renaults - and some product placement by Elf!

The complete division - compact but quite dangerous in the right circumstances.

5 comments:

Paul...or a bash over the head with a club. The tanker was difficult to resist - unlike most of the dodgy diecasts which simply get painted over, I uncliped the tanker body before painting the rest of the lorry. Just wait 'till you see the Perrier lorry...

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I built my first plastic kit in about 1971 (an inevitable Airfix Spitfire IX), and can date my wargaming 'career' back to 1977 (aged 11) when in the company of my friends John and Lee I played a simple game with the Airfix (20mm) tanks we had accumulated. Soon a chance find of a couple of Don Featherstone books in the local library revealed that 'grown-ups' did this sort of thing too! I joined Wargame Developments in 1985 and have attended their annual Conference of Wargamers (COW) since 1990. I have also, together with Bob Cordery, been organising it for the past few years. My main interest has always been WW2, with a side order of various postwar conflicts. I also dabble in earlier periods. I am particularly interested in 'operational' level games.